Afro-Bahian Cooking Class Inside a Local Family Home

Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

5 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Learn to cook traditional Brazilian dishes during this 6-hour experience in Salvador. With your local guide and a host family, visit the local seafood market learn about the best type of fish to use for traditional recipes such as 'moqueca', or fish stew. Stop by a local produce vendor to choose vegetables for the stew and fruit to use in 'capirinhas', a traditional Brazilian drink made with sugar cane liquor. Back at the host family's house, engage in friendly, informal conversation about the history and culture of Salvador. Learn the secrets behind making a perfect fish stew, then sit down to eat with your new friends. Round-trip transportation from Salvador hotels is included.

Learn to cook traditional Brazilian dishes during a culinary experience with a local host family
Visit the local seafood market learn about the best type of fish to use for traditional recipes such as 'moqueca', or fish stew
Choose fruit to use in 'capirinhas', a traditional Brazilian drink made with sugar cane liquor
Engage in friendly, informal conversation about the history and culture of Salvado
Round-trip transportation from Salvador hotels is included.

Sample Menu

Starter

Caipirinha

Delicious drink made whit tropical fruits, shugar and shugarcane cachaça.

Main

Fish Moqueca

Fish Moqueca cooked with vegetables, various seasonings and palm oil. A typical Bahia dish left as an African heritage.

Main

Pirão de Farinha

Delicious delicacy made with moqueca broth and manioc flour.

Main

Rice

White rice with spices.

Main

Farofa

Manioc Flour toasted with palm oil and onions

Dessert

coconut candy

coconuts candy made with sugar cane and cloves

Main

Banana Moqueca

Banana Moqueca: vegetarian Bahian stew of plantains in a creamy coconut and dendê sauce with tomatoes, peppers, and fresh herbs.

What's Included

Lunch
Professional guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Air-conditioned vehicle
Alcoholic Beverages

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We need the name of the hotel independently if it's not on the area selected, we pick up all clients in all hotel around Salvador City or in Airbnb address.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

What To Expect

Sao Joaquim Market

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Dress code is smart casual
Not wheelchair accessible

Minimum of two adults per booking
Infant seats available
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.3

based on 7 reviews

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Gabrielle_M, Aug 2023

I would not recommend this. The guide couldn't stop telling sexual anecdotes along with innuendos on the side, as though he was trying to get a response or shock us. We were traveling with 2 children so this was uncomfortable; even without them it would have been perverse. The host family was kind, warm and welcoming, a few shared information about the relationship between cooking and culture but the food was awful. Would not make any of it again. Save your time and money!

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Hello, surprisingly and for the first time we had a complaint regarding about this delicious food, I understand that you may not appreciate Afro-Brazilian food, but to say that it was horrible, we clearly disagree because it has been the same menu for 20 years and we have never had such a comment. About the speech of the tour guide we will check and certainly take measures so that this never happens again. Just to make it clear, he was asking before your arrival at family home if you preferred another type of food for the children and was told by the Mother that didn’t want have Other kind of food. And the tour guide clearly explain that the moqueca and the other foods contain strong spices. The family that attended has a great deal of experience in cooking and certainly the Bahian food with an Afro base was perfect You had 5 different dishes and even this number anything was good for you. We ask sorry for the tour guide and all the feeling promover by his speech and hope that you may try again this food in others places to guarantee that what you say it’s about the food or your tasting experience

Amazing tour experience

Karla_M, Nov 2021

Our tour guide Marcos was truly knowledgeable , so insightful and friendly !!!! We had a great time with him ! Angelica is a queen !!! She taught us with humor how to create the dish amd we were so happy with the results!!! It was amazing !!!! Best tour ever !!!!! Recommend 100%